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22nd December 1988
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

• Evidence of the buoyancy of the UK's haulage industry is provided in the latest motor traffic statistics from the Department of Transport, which show a 29% increase in topweight lorry traffic in the third quarter of this year, compared with an increase in traffic as a whole of just 4%.

Light van traffic rose by 5% during the quarter, while heavy goods traffic rose by 4% (2% for rigid traffic and 10% for articulated traffic).

Motorway traffic was up 12% compared with the third quarter of last year, while traffic on other roads increased by no more than 4%. The effects of deregulation are also having an impact on bus and coach traffic, which was up by 11%. El During October 7,000 goods vehicles were registered — up 8% on October 1986. By far the strongest growth is in sales of top-weight artics, which are running at 28% above last year.

There is bad news for the PSV industry, however, with a 52% drop in registrations in October this year, while registrations of buses and coaches for the year to October 1987 are down by 7% on October 1986 — there are, some grounds for optimism. In the three months to October, seasonally-adjusted new registrations were 32% above the previous quarter.